Charles D. Millard

Charles D. Millard

Charles Dunsmore Millard (born December 1, 1873 in Tarrytown , New York , † December 11, 1944 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1931 and 1937 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Dunsmore Millard was born in Westchester County about eight years after the end of the Civil War . He attended public schools, the Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ) and Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Iceland ). In 1897 he graduated from New York Law School in New York City. After receiving his license to practice bar in 1898, he began practicing in Westchester County. Between 1907 and 1931 he served on the Westchester County County Council. During this time he presided over there in 1916, 1917, 1927 and 1928. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . Between 1920 and 1937 he was a member of the Republican State Committee .

In the 1930 congressional elections for the 72nd Congress , Millard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded J. Mayhew Wainwright on March 4, 1931 . He was re-elected three times in a row, but resigned from his seat in the US House of Representatives before the end of his last term on September 29, 1937.

Millard was elected Guardianship and Probate Judge in Westchester County - a post he held until his resignation in 1943. He died on December 11, 1944 in New York City. His body was then interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in North Tarrytown .

Web links

• Charles D. Millard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles D. Millard in the database of Find a Grave (English)